Joe Hockey denounced the Labor party's plan to for mandatory filtering of ISPs, garnering praise from the Greens, the Coalition, and some independents.

The opposition treasury spokesman said that if the Coalition is elected, it would get rid of the plan for filtering. If Labor is elected, the Coalition would still not support legislation supporting the filter.

The plan under Abbott would bring back NetAlert, a program that under Howard offered free internet filtering software to parents. Hockey stated that the technology for the plan does not work and the plan is flawed. Labor's plan would also involve the blocking of refused classification websites by ISPs on a blacklist that would remain secret.

Scott Ludlam, communications spokesman for the Greens, praised the Liberal party's announcement.

Ludlam stated that "The ALP should drop the censorship proposal rather than fighting what now looks inevitable."

Ludlam went on to confirm the Greens' commitment to "work with any party in the parliament on constructive cyber safety proposals."

GetUp, a lobby group, also lauded the decision. GetUp's national director, Simon Sheikh, said that considerable opposition in a campaign that was "probably the biggest Australia has ever seen" meant that the legislation would not pass Parliament no matter which government comes into power next.